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I completed my PhD in Clinical Psychology under the supervision of Dr. Patricia Brennan and Dr. Daniel Dilks at Emory University. Here, I gained a solid foundation in the intergenerational transmission of adversity and depression, including focused training in glucocorticoid mechanisms of risk transmission, infant MRI, and complex assessment of adversity, trauma, and depression across the perinatal period. For my postdoctoral fellowship, I sought further training in translational neuroscience to complement my background in clinical science and adversity-related developmental programming. I joined the lab of Dr. Moriah Thomason at NYU Langone in 2020 with the primary goal of enhancing my ability to study how environment shapes the developing brain. To date, I have published 27 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, and have presented my work at national and international conferences.
I am also a trained psychologist with extensive experience treating anxiety and mood disorders in children and adolescents. EDUCATION
Postdoctoral Fellowship 2020-Present NYU Langone Health New York, NY SCAN Lab / Baby BEEs Lab APA Accredited Clinical Internship 2017-2019 Emory University Medical Center Atlanta, GA Emory Child & Adolescent Mood Program (CAMP) Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology 2014-2020 Emory University Atlanta, GA BUILD Lab B.S. in Psychology 2008-2012 Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA HONORS & AWARDS
Outstanding Postdoc Award 2022 NYU Langone Health Young Investigator Award 2022 Fetal, Infant, and Toddler Neuroimaging Group Program Graduate 2021 NYU Women's Intensive Leadership Development Program Nowicki Award for Teaching 2019 Emory University Psychology Department Travel Award 2016, 2017, 2019 International Society for Developmental Psychobiology J. Rex Fuqua Scholar 2018-2019 Emory University Department of Psychiatry FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award 2023-2028 National Institute of Mental Health Project: Psychosocial unpredictability during pregnancy and offspring neurodevelopment: Uncovering mechanisms and sensitive windows in utero Role: PI American Dissertation Fellowship 2019-2020 American Association of University Women Project: Prenatal Stress Exposure and Infant Brain Development Role: PI Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship 2018-2019 American Psychological Foundation Project: Neural, Hormonal, and Behavioral Development Following Prenatal Stress Exposure in African American Infants Role: PI HERCULES Exposome Research Center Pilot Award 2018-2019 Emory University Project: Perinatal Secondhand Smoke Exposures and Infant Cognitive and Neural Outcomes Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Daniel Dilks, PhD) NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award 2015-2018 National Science Foundation Project: Early Life Stress and Infant Brain Development Role: PI |
